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- Sep 2, 2007
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- United Kingdom
'John' has been sworn off by the BRF. Those in the BRF with this name have met early demises. The last prince with the name in the BRF was HM's uncle, who I believe passed away at age 14. It has been said Diana wanted to name HRH the DoC John, but HM did not allow it.
I suspect that this tale has been exaggerated. If the Queen was as superstitious as this suggests, she would hardly have given her own son and heir the name of an executed monarch. Much more likely that Diana listened to talk of the name John being unlucky, and backed away from it herself.